one of my fave webistes, jampacked full of vids:

www.britishpathe.com



one of my faves is entitled 'whirlwind squadron'

the "movies" generated on il-2 software is getting pretty dang good. pretty soon you wont need actors, actresses, or sets... heres a couple shorts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S5gU...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX71K...eature=related


heres a couple using live people and animated ac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRWPs...853&feature=iv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Dpl...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaOlG...eature=related

a couple of cracking corsairs,brit and u.s colours,great flying,watch for the line of parked up bearcat?,hurris,109,skyraider, spits as they land, and the plane at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOKZ...eature=related

never forget!
 

God, let us never forget those times in human history where despots and tyrants have imposed great suffering and unimaginable heartache as they attempted to impose their will upon us. And in those times men and women stood fast and hard...sometimes against overwhelming odds and met the onslaught ...denying their fears...facing uncertainty...in the hopes that "right shall prevail". Thank you, all you boy and girls, who sat in foxholes in sub zero weather, sailed the brutal seas, soared at 20,000 feet in hostile skies risking all you had so we could be a free people. And to you brave souls who made the most honorable and supreme sacrifice and left your lives there...please accept our deepest thanks. May God hold you deeply in his heart as we should. And may we never forget....ever! This weekend, where ever you are, find a veteran..shake their hand and tell them "thank you".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orze6qpK3po

RAF podcasts
 

free podcasts from the RAF museum...in it are:

Who Won The Battle of Britain

Phases of the Battle of Britain

The RAF in 1939

Robert Stanford Tuck
A biography of Robert Stanford Tuck, a Battle of Britain Fighter Ace.

Douglas Bader: Fighter, Pilot

Introduction to the Battle of Britain

enjoy

amazing story of 2 B17s in a mid air collision
 

this is an amazing story...

http://asmba.typepad.com/veterans/20...back-hero.html

A great read, is that!

P-39 Airacobra recovered from Mart- Jarv lake Northern Russia
 

http://warrelics.eu/forum/armour-wea...rn-russia-522/

the best pics and most of the story is here but here are some other facts and tidbits

It was a journey that began christmas morning, 1943 in Wheatfield. A P-39 Airacobra, one of the 30,000 planes produced here in Western New York for the war effort, rolls from the hanger and takes off, headed west.

She was one of 10,000 planes, many from here in Western New York, that were sent to Russia. It was also a bit of WNY technology turned the tide against the Nazi's.

The P-39 was known as the "flying cannon". She was a force in the air. It was equipped with 2 machine guns in the wings, two more in the nose, a 37 mm cannon in the nose and a state of the art radio system.

But on a mission in 1944, this plane disappeared

Fast forward 60 years to July 2004. A fisherman on Lake Mart-Yavr in arctic Russia spotted something under the water.

A British warbird recovery team was called in and what they found was absolutely astounding.

The plane was recovered intact. The pilots remains, and medals were still in the cockpit, so was the plane's logbook.

That history has come full circle. Representatives of The Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum went to Great Britain and bought the plane. The head conservationist at the Imperial War Museum in Britian told them this is a tremendous acquisition. Not only what was found, but also where it would be going. It is now being rehabbed in the very building in which it was built, the former Bell Aviation plant.

It is also a treasure-trove of tributes to the plane's history and the people who made it. An even more significant find came after one of the former Rosie the Riviters called up and said "do you know we used to write our names and addresses on parts of the planes?"

Sure enough, clear as a bell, they found the names Helen Rose on one piece, and Elenor Barbaritano on another. They were written in pencil, preserved like they were written this morning.

..............
After more than 60 years, historians found this place and lifted the aircraft from the lake (surprisingly enough, but the aircraft was well preserved). They buried the pilot and even found canned pork.

you have heard of the famous "Ah HA!" moments...this is a "Holy S#!T!!!" moment...survived by a crap load of luck and skill... (you wont feel so bad about stalling and pancaking in after you see this ).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CB27...eature=related

another "HS" moment...this harrier jock brought her in a little rough...

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/wa...-land-his-jet/